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Litter (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2020

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Litter (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2020

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Litter Act 2007 .

1 September 2020

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

R. C. JAENSCH

Minister for Environment and Parks

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Litter (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2020 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Interpretation

In these regulations –
Act means the Litter Act 2007 .

4.   Infringement offences and penalties

For the purposes of section 17 of the Act –
(a) an offence specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 is prescribed as an infringement offence for the purposes of infringement notices; and
(b) the penalty specified in column 3 of that table for that infringement offence is the penalty that is payable by a natural person under an infringement notice in respect of that offence; and
(c) the penalty specified in column 4 of that table for that infringement offence is the penalty that is payable by a body corporate under an infringement notice in respect of that offence.

5.   Legislation rescinded

The legislation specified in Schedule 2 is rescinded.
SCHEDULE 1 - Infringement offences and penalties

Regulation 4

 

Offence

Penalty unit (Natural person)

Penalty unit (Body corporate)

1. 

Section 9(1)  –

  
 

(a) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the penalty to that section

1

1

 

(b) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) of the penalty to that section

2

4

 

(c) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (c) of the penalty to that section

5

10

 

(d) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (d) of the penalty to that section

10

20

 

(e) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (e) of the penalty to that section

20

50

2. 

Section 9(2)  –

  
 

(a) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the penalty to that section

1

1

 

(b) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) of the penalty to that section

2

4

 

(c) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (c) of the penalty to that section

5

10

 

(d) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (d) of the penalty to that section

10

20

 

(e) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (e) of the penalty to that section

20

50

3. 

Section 9(3)  –

  
 

(a) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the penalty to that section

2

4

 

(b) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) of the penalty to that section

5

10

 

(c) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (c) of the penalty to that section

10

20

 

(d) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (d) of the penalty to that section

20

50

4. 

Section 9(4)  –

  
 

(a) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the penalty to that section

1

1

 

(b) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) of the penalty to that section

2

4

 

(c) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (c) of the penalty to that section

5

10

 

(d) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (d) of the penalty to that section

10

20

 

(e) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (e) of the penalty to that section

20

50

5. 

Section 9(5)

  
 

(a) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the penalty to that section

1

2

 

(b) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) of the penalty to that section

2

4

 

(c) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (c) of the penalty to that section

5

10

 

(d) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (d) of the penalty to that section

10

20

 

(e) if the offence is of the kind referred to in paragraph (e) of the penalty to that section

20

50

6. 

Section 9A(1)

5

10

7. 

Section 11(1)

2

4

8. 

Section 12(1)

2

4

9. 

Section 12(2)

2

4

10. 

Section 13

2

4

11. 

Section 14

2

4

12. 

Section 15

2

4

13. 

Section 16(1)

2

4

14. 

Section 33

5

10

15. 

Section 35(4)

8

16

16. 

Section 42

2

4

17. 

Section 43(2)

2

4

18. 

Section 45(4)

2

4

19. 

Section 46(3)

2

4

20. 

Section 46(4)

2

4

21. 

Section 46A(3)

2

4

22. 

Section 46A(4)

2

4

23. 

Section 50A(5)

5

10

SCHEDULE 2 - Legislation rescinded

Regulation 5

Litter (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2011 (No. 5 of 2011)

Litter (Infringement Offences) Amendment Regulations 2019 (No. 75 of 2019)

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 9 September 2020

These regulations are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.